A total of 27 new species have been uncovered in the ‘human-dominated’ Peruvian rainforest. Conservation International led the expedition into the Alto Mayo Landscape that discovered these new ...

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At least 24 people have been killed and 21 injured in a coach crash in Peru. The inter-city coach was travelling overnight in the Andes mountains between the cities of Huancayo and Huanta when it ...

The creature's fossilised bones were dug up in the desert in southern Peru, so it has been given the name Perucetus colossus. Dating of the sediments around the remains suggests it lived about 39 ...

A farming supervisor, Mr Ortiz is speaking as he oversees the harvest at Sunberries Field, a blueberry plantation in the south of Peru. This blueberry farm is one of many that have cropped up ...

Peru has closed its famous tourist site Machu Picchu indefinitely over the ongoing protests against the country's new president. The government said it closed the site, and the Inca trail hike ...

Governments in Peru in recent years have been anything but stable. The country has seen a series of presidents ousted and a number of ex-presidents sent to prison for crimes committed during their ...

Former President Pedro Castillo (right) seen inside a police car in Lima In a dramatic turn of events in Peru, Pedro Castillo, who less than 24 hours ago was president, is in police custody facing ...

Peru has a female president for the first time, after ex-president Pedro Castillo was impeached - hours after he tried to dissolve parliament. Dina Boluarte - previously the vice-president - was ...

The attack happened in the Valley of the Rivers Apurímac, Ene and Matero (VRAEM) Sixteen people, including at least two children, have been killed in a rebel attack in Peru, the country's defence ...

Peru has the highest Covid death rate as a proportion of population in the world, according to the latest data. Its official death toll has more than doubled, after the criteria for recording ...